FTC Announces First “Do Not Call Rule” Settlements

FTC Announces First “Do Not Call Rule” Settlements

Timeshare Sellers and their Telemarketer Will Pay More than $500,000 for Violating the Rule

Two timeshare sellers and their telemarketer will pay more than $500,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Do Not Call Rule by calling thousands of consumers who placed their phone numbers on the FTC’s Do Not Call Registry. The Registry currently contains more than 85 million numbers. Under the settlement, the timeshare sellers are barred from violating the Do Not Call Registry in the future. Two individuals who own the telemarketing company that made calls for the timeshare sellers are banned from owning or controlling any telemarketing operation in the future.

“You cannot hire subcontractors to break the law for you and then walk away free of consequences,” said FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. “Millions of Americans have indicated that they do not want telemarketers calling them, and we intend to enforce the law that gives them the right to make that choice.”

FTC Announces First “Do Not Call Rule” Settlements